Ashperton, 6 miles north-west from Ledbury, on the Hereford and Gloucester canal, is a parish in Radlow Hundred, Ledbury Union, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric. The living is attached to Stretton Grandison, of which John Graves is vicar. The church is an old building of stone, having a porch and square castellated tower containing 4 bells. There is a new school lately erected, of plain but handsome exterior and very commodious within, for 80 children. Ashperton is generally considered as a chapelry to Stretton Grandison mother church. Population, in 1851, 517; acreage, 1,715.
Letters through Ledbury, which is the nearest money order office.
Miscellaneous
Buckley Rev. John
Bayne Wm., registrar of births and deaths for Yarkhill district
Brazier Ann, beer retailer
Caldwell Peter, farm bailiff to the Rev. John Hopton, M.A., Mainstone court
Cale Jeremiah, agent to the Hereford and Gloucester Canal Co.
Chamberlain John, shopkeeper and parish clerk
Dutson Joseph, wheelwright
Dutson William, builder and carpenter
Fenn Thomas, tailor, Woodsend
Gillier Thos., solicitor
Howell Edward, butcher
Howell Elizabeth, shopkeeper
Humphriss Wm., smith
Johnson Joseph, carpenter
Simmonds Edward, shoemaker
Taylor Thomas, wheelwright
Thomas Miss, Lower Town
Farmers
Able John, Vicarage farm
Dutzon Thomas, (& hop grower) Verzons
Fincher Jane, Piccadilly
Lane Robert, Tuston’s farm
Palmer John, Woodsend
Philpotts Thomas, Hausnet
Pitt Stephen, Wassington
Pudge James, Moorend
Taylor Thomas, Roaks
Woodyatt Mrs., Lower Town
Source: Edward Cassey & Co.: History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire. Printed by William Bailey, 107, Fishergate 1858.
